BIRTHPLACE OF APOCALYPSE Origin of asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs is FOUND
TWO sets of dinosaur footprints that are "almost identical" have been uncovered 3,700 miles apart providing fresh evidence about how Earth looked some 120million years ago.It all formed part of an ancient supercontinent called Gondwana.Fearsome new dinosaur discovered with 4 colossal horns that roamed 78m years ago
It was triggered by the movement of the tectonic plates beneath them, causing magma to rise and create a new oceanic crust.Over millions of years, the African and South American plates continued to drift apart at a rate of a few centimetres per year.
This event marked the end of the Cretaceous period, and opened the Cenozoic Era, which we’re still in today This impact is said to have sparked a lingering “impact winter”, severely harming plant life and the food chain that relied on it
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